Life-boat-launching apparatus



Jan. 20, 1931. J. L. HYLAND LIFE BOAT Lwncame AIPPARA'IUS Original Filed; Feb. 12

L me a 20.11931 'P This application is refiled for abandoned; application Serial No. 276,5 5lyfiled-Februoperation. '3 I I Vary '12, 1 919, andjthe invention relates to'cer-g Th gform o f-skidIdisclosed:inE1gs3 and j v "4;. sf idesi'gnfd jto seat on one'side of; arlife boat;

boat launching apparatus, and especially to. the same beingffa'stened thereto hy" a chain f 1 7 an improved skid for supportingqand hold-f 9 Whichpasses entirely about'the'boatfromf ing a boat as it is lowered down the side of'a bracket arin lO't-hat engages over the upper; I'

ship andlaunched." 1 edge of the side ofv the boat-Lu 1? Ll The principal object of this invention is to) '"jThe endless cable ill is in this finstancef v 1' 10 provide an endless cable or chain runner hav-. 'mounted on pulleyWheels?12,]jo11rnaledL on 6 ing a portion extending over'theskid sur-1lonef'side'of theskid,- said chain passing face to hold-the latter o'fi from the side era through openingsin the sideofthe skid'and} 1 p ship so that no skid; action oecurs,;the cable comingv out on the skid surfacefthereof tofl 1 runner sliding over the skidand preventing" present a rest 13 overfwhich the skidwillslide 5 the marring 'ofthesideof the-ship. on't-he side of a ship-. v 5

v The invent'on further; resides .inthe'fea: fOn the lower end ofthis skid are'mounte'd tures of construction and 'arrangements and a pair 'ofrolle'rs 14 on difif erentaxes which f i combinations'of parts,'hereinafter described are-elevated one above the other to'facilitate-fandfclaimed, referencebeinghad .to'the actheir, passage over anyobstruction-intheipathqj", 1 20 compan'ying drawing, wherein of the skidasit is moved about ontheship-Qi 70 I Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of QInfire drills on a'ship the boat launching-11;"

a life boat showing, one embodiment of the skids are loweredjand'raised "over the side 1 I invention;, V I of the ship so that, the surface would steadily? Fig. 2 is an outside elevation thereof; becomem dfl d th h skidnmayaen; 1 25 Fig.- 3 is a view of a modified form of skid I counter some obstruction; The endless cablef'75 4 applied to a life boat, and I V V '7 i I 1 facts to lay atrack' or tread on the' sideoffthe "ff l 1 Fig. 4;;is an outside elevation thereof. Yfshi'pf'for the skid tQtravelthereoVerI 'Thi; a h b 1'v y h the Skid passing ens-l endless cable "prevents injury to thesi'deof-i tirely the'reabout as depicted in Fig. l or .the ship andalso makes the launching joperaf so only-to one sidethereof as shown in Fig. 3, tion'safer. i 1.53 or the skid maybe-permanentlyfastenedto This application is an improvement on the boat. I i f. 3 1 I 'my app'lication, filed .Sept.'17, 1917 bearing p In the form depictedin'Eigsj.land 2, the .Ser.'No.191',85'3 o'n Boat-launching apparatus, a skidQ has its outerflfraineme nber 3- provid-I now Patent 1 3M316, May/.20, 1919, H V edwithapluralityofopenings'tin Whichrare @What i'sclaim'ed is T p 9* 8 5' j'ournaledxpulley heels 5, thefshort shafts 1, Ab t l chi apparatus m ri i Jribilea v8 ithe;

tain new andjuseful improvements in a life supportingthe 'Wheelsb'eing mounted in the cross braces'vvhich spacefthe inner and outer fiaine menibei's ofthe skid.

An endless chain ropeor cable 7 through the braces off from the'side of the ship. cable is hold the same thereoniand inzpractice as' 'the to, theupper end of the skidisq mounted a large 6 and pulley vvheels; and over the outsideofthe skid to hold the-jlatter v i Wound once around the'centerpu'lleyso as to -.a skid constructed toreceive and hold a boat, -pulley Wheels journale'd on the skid, and an endless cable passingabout' the-pulleys and over the outer face of the skid.

be pulleys j less 'lcable pass ng over the pulleys vand, through the'and over the outer face there-7; '1- {1.09 P I V p 2. Aboat launching apparatus compr sing 7 T a ski'd'constructedto receive andsupportia boat, an endless chain'passing over theouter I 2 face and thence guidedthrough the skid, and! if pulley Wheelsover hich'thecable takes. 1 5' 1 skidhavinga "lurality; ournaled'toits sidean an 'e'nd of to hold the skid ofi? from the side ofa. ship. 7 r g 4. A boat launching skid shaped to receive a boat and an endless cable running over the outer face of the skid and supported by pull y I curved skid body, and an elongated and ess 1 end of the body and runnermember operating over at least a section of the outer surfac'e'of the skid body.

6. A boat launching skid comgrising ,a I I less runcurve-d skid body, an elongated en ner member operatlng over a 860M011, of 1178 convex area, and a wheel spaced from -the runner member and arranged at the u per projectingbeyon the convex face thereof.

JOHN L.

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